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Blitz spirit

Review: The Blitz Party @ Village Underground

Girls! Dying to draw a line up the back of your legs in eyeliner? Fancy putting your hair in curlers? Book a ticket for the next Blitz party and you’ll have a simply spiffing excuse. A fancy dress night for people who haven’t grown out …

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Soho Bomb Site To Become Luxury Hotel

One of the last remaining scars from the Blitz in central London is to be healed. Ham Yard, behind Piccadilly Circus, was never redeveloped after a sound drubbing from the Luftwaffe in the 1940s. Now, boutique hotel operator Firmdale have announced plans to build a …

Lincoln's Inn Square

Monday Miscellanea

This Week In London’s History Monday – 29th December 1940: During the course of a massive air raid, London sustains so much damage that the night is later dubbed ‘The Second Great Fire of London’. Tuesday – 30th December 1919: Lincoln’s Inn admits its first …